Tag Archives: local flavors

On December 25th, Christmas broth is a must-eat dish on the Abruzzo tables. It takes a long time to prepare, it requires many ingredients, but you can make it ahead of time. Here is Sara’s version of the traditional dish suitable for all occasions, i.e. a classic chicken broth plus her personal version of “scrippelle … Continue reading →

In Abruzzo, November is far from being a dull and quiescent month. On the contrary, it is hectic, to say the least. Farmers have hardly recovered from the sweat and toil of grape harvesting that olive harvesting reaches its climax now and oil mills (in Italian “frantoio”, in the local dialect “trappète”) work H24 at full … Continue reading →

Along the mountain track leading to the Murelle natural amphiteatre, you can see “Tavola dei Briganti” (Brigands’ slabs), a bunch of flat stones where in XIX century, bandits used to hide and fight the Savoy army. A century and half later, Tavola dei Briganti is the brand of one of the many typical products of … Continue reading →

Appetibilis meets Sara Scutti, an amateur cook and Abruzzo cuisine food enthusiast. For our first chat about food and recipes, Sara chooses the “ciabotto” (cha*botto) an easy, savoury, low-calories traditional recipe with local products. Who could ask for anything more? Let Sara explain how she got the idea for this dish: The “ciabotto”, (also “ciambotto”, … Continue reading →